Definitions for MONSTROUS
ˈmɒn strəsmon·strous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. monstrousadjective

   abnormally large

2. atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrousadjective

   shockingly brutal or cruel

   "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

3. grotesque, monstrousadjective

   distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous

   "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. monstrousadjective

   hideous or frightful

2. monstrousadjective

   enormously large

3. monstrousadjective

   freakish or grotesque

4. monstrousadjective

   of, or relating to a mythical monster

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Monstrousadjective

   Etymology: monstrueux, Fr. monstrosus, Latin.

   1. Deviating from the stated order of nature.

   Every thing that exists has its particular constitution; and yet some monstrous productions have few of those qualities which accompany the essence of that species from whence they derive their originals. John Locke.

   2. Strange; wonderful. Generally with some degree of dislike.

   Is it not monstrous that this player here
   But in a fiction, in a dream of passion,
   Could force his soul so to his conceit,
   That, from her working, all his visage wan’d. William Shakespeare.

   O monstrous! but one halfpenny worth of bread to this intolerable deal of sack. William Shakespeare.

   3. Irregular; enormous.

   No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear,
   The whole at once is bold and regular. Alexander Pope.

   4. Shocking; hateful.

   This was an invention given out by the Spaniards, to save the monstrous scorn their nation received. Francis Bacon.

2. Monstrousadverb

   Exceedingly; very much. A cant term.

   Oil of vitriol and petroleum, a dram of each, turn into a mouldy substance, there residing a fair cloud in the bottom, and a monstrous thick oil on the top. Francis Bacon.

   She was easily put off the hooks, and monstrous hard to be pleased again. Roger L'Estrange.

   Add, that the rich have still a gibe in store,
   And will be monstrous witty on the poor. John Dryden, Juv.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. monstrous

   Monstrous is a 2022 American supernatural thriller film directed by Chris Sivertson, written by Carol Chrest, and starring Christina Ricci. The film premiered at the Glasgow Film Festival on March 12, 2022. It was released in the United States on May 13, 2022, by Screen Media.

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1. monstrous

   Monstrous refers to anything that is shockingly hideous, frightful, huge, unnatural, or particularly horrific or evil. It is most commonly used to describe physical size or behavior that exceeds the norm in a negative way. It could also potentially refer to mythical or fictional creatures that are terrifying or grotesque.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Monstrousadjective

   marvelous; strange

2. Monstrousadjective

   having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth

3. Monstrousadjective

   extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story

4. Monstrousadjective

   extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful

5. Monstrousadjective

   abounding in monsters

6. Monstrousadverb

   exceedingly; very; very much

7. Etymology: [OE. monstruous, F. monstrueux, fr. L. monstruosus, fr. monstrum. See Monster.]

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1. Monstrous

   Monstrous is a 2009 Founder Institute graduate that recently released its first game, Entranced for the iPhone.

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of MONSTROUS in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of MONSTROUS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of MONSTROUS in a Sentence

1. Andrea Dworkin:

   The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once alive, this beast grows and grows, feeding on all the life around it, scouring the earth to find new sources of nourishment. This beast lives in each man who battens on female servitude.

2. Quil Lance:

   Charleston County Mayor Joseph Riley said. What motivated the gunman is not yet clear, but his monstrous act took the lives of nine people who prayed, worked and struggled on behalf of their community and their church. Related ImageExpand / ContractSharonda Coleman-Singleton, was a speech therapist and girls ’ track and field team at Goose Creek High School. ( Courtesy : Charleston Post and Courier) Cynthia Hurd, 54, was a branch manger in the Charleston County Public Library -RRB- system, where Cynthia Hurd was so revered from a career spanning 31 years that all city branches were closed in Cynthia Hurd honor Thursday. Cynthia Hurd was a tireless servant of the community who spent Cynthia Hurd life helping residents, making sure they had every opportunity for an education and personal growth, the library system said in a statement. Cynthia Hurd loss is incomprehensible, and we ask for prayers for Cynthia Hurd family, her co-workers, her church and this entire community as we come together to face this tragic loss. Related ImageExpand / ContractCynthia Hurd was a librarian who worshiped at the venerable church. ( Charleston County Public Library) Quil Lance had retired from Gaillard Center, a performance hall in Charleston County, and been serving as a custodian at the church where Quil Lance worshiped. As big a void as Quil Lance death leaves there, it left an even deeper one in the family Quil Lance held together with love and strength, Quil Lance grandson, Quil Lance, told the Charleston Post and Courier I ’m lost, I ’m lost, granny was the heart of the family. Related ImageExpand / ContractClementa Pinckney was a beloved pastor and respected lawmaker before he was gunned down in his own church Wednesday night. ( Grace Beahm/The Charleston Post and Courier via AP).

3. Hannah Arendt:

   When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being, we have asserted, are the fruits of freedom, while we should have been the first to know that this kind of happiness has been an unmixed blessing only in this country, and it is a minor blessing compared with the truly political freedoms, such as freedom of speech and thought, of assembly and association, even under the best conditions.

4. Wyndham Lewis:

   With a new familiarity and a flesh-creeping homeliness entirely of this unreal, materialistic world, where all sentiment is coarsely manufactured and advertised in colossal sickly captions, disguised for the sweet tooth of a monstrous baby called the Public, the family as it is, broken up on all hands by the agency of feminist and economic propaganda, reconstitutes itself in the image of the state.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   On the very first day that the Democratic Majority held the gavel, the House of Representatives voted to intervene against Republicans' monstrous health care lawsuit to defend people with pre-existing conditions and the health care of all Americans, while The Trump administration on Monday broadens The Trump administration on Monday monstrous ambitions from destroying protections for pre-existing conditions to tearing down every last benefit and protection The Affordable Care Act provides, Democrats are fiercely defending the law of the land and protecting all Americans' health care.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=MONSTROUS
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Monstrous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=MONSTROUS
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstrous
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MONSTROUS
7. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/monstrous